Ragtime Party -- Pickles and Peppers

The best-selling rag by a female composer was this one from 1906 by Adaline Shepherd.

Here it is played at a ragtime party on May 1, 2010. On the upright piano are Jack & Chris Bradshaw. On the grand piano is Tom Brier. On flute is Julia Riley. On tuba is Robyn Drivon. On drums is her husband Steve. Sitting in for the second half is Pepper Rae on oboe. Her granddaughter Soleil is on violin.

This was the second of three food-titled rags played in a row during the party. The first was Possum & Taters. Next up was Chicken Chowder.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• piano
• rag
• duet
• fourhand
• four-hand
• tuba
• flute
• oboe
• violin
• drums
• 1906

[chrisjou42]

Is this in public domain now?

I kind of want to play it.

And I'm sure my piano teacher would love to find duet or duo parts for it.

[Keeper1st]

@chrisjou42 Indeed it is. You can download the piano solo score from the UCB Libraries Digital Sheet Music Collection. Or just type "pickles and peppers sheet music" into Google; the UCB page is the first one that comes up. As for a duet version, Jack here makes the one that he and his wife Chris play (Jack's part is a single staff from which he improvises both hands). I believe Chris is on YouTube now as "ragmate".

[MrZygoticmynci]

Wow, seems like so much fun.

[TehLimeyEmily]

Love it!

[kittyhumor]

Nice! Tom is awesome at striding. Infact he is so good at piano in genneral he makes me want to give up. I wish I could be as good as him.

[lbrown21494]

Awesome arangement again.

[VegasBilgeRat]

I've have a turkey sub, lettuce tomato and onion, and PICKLES AND PEPPERS. :)